Health services

Tender description

The 4 CCGs in Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull have taken over responsibility for funding Non-Emergency Patient Transport services (NEPT). The project is being led by Birmingham CrossCity CCG, in partnership with Birmingham South Central CCG, Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG and Solihull CCGs. It also involves other CCGs and populations within the wider West Midlands area, who use NEPT services. A review of NEPT services has shown that there is significant variation in delivery of these services between NHS hospital trusts across Birmingham and Solihull. There is also insufficient evidence available to CCGs about the quality of these services, or the extent to which they are meeting the needs of patients. Commissioners have aggregated a significant number of non-emergency patient transport (NEPT) service contracts in the Birmingham and Solihull area to ensure standardisation of services and seek improvements in quality, productivity and efficiency. The scope of this non-emergency patient transport (NEPT) service shall include provision of NEPT to and from the following healthcare premises of the following NHS Trusts or other services: — Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust; — Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; — Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust; — Royal Orthopaedic NHS Foundation Trust; — University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; — Worcestershire Acute Hospital NHS Trust (for BSOL CCGs only); — GP referrals for same day assessment (for BSOL CCGs only); — Or other secondary or community NHS service as defined by the commissioners. A detailed description (draft service specification) of the requirements can be obtained via the Bravo eProcurement system. Please see instructions later in this notice (VI.3)) for details of how to access this information. The contract duration will be 5 years with a 2 year extension option.